January 31, 2025

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NARUC, NRRI Produce RA Primer for Commissioners
NARUC and NRRI introduced a document intended to help regulatory commissioners get up to speed on pressing topics related to resource adequacy.
Colonial Pipeline
TSA Issues New Pipeline Cybersecurity Requirements
The Transportation Security Administration announced a fresh slate of cybersecurity requirements aimed at the U.S. pipeline network.
EPRI
EPRI Study Calls Attention to Workplace Culture as Risk
Safety culture, long seen as a corporate unicorn, can be created, a new EPRI study implies.
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NARUC: Crisis Response Needs Cross-industry Collaboration
Utilities and their regulators are becoming more comfortable with direct cooperation in response to disasters, panelists told NARUC's Summer Policy Summit.
NERC
Release 2 of ERO Align Tool Goes Live for All Regions
NERC and the ERO Enterprise have activated the second stage of the Align tool, which is expected to streamline compliance reporting across regions.
NERC
NERC Tries to Stay Ahead of the Curve on Batteries, Hybrids
Interconnection queues across the country are bursting with requests from battery energy storage systems (BESS) and hybrid power plants pairing storage with solar or wind. Because of their growing numbers and the differences in their operating characteristics from traditional synchronous generation, NERC issued a reliability guideline in March on the resources’ performance capabilities and how …
Texas RE
Texas RE: Don’t Wait on NERC Cold-weather Standards
Texas RE's site visits will continue as it waits for the NERC cold-weather standards to become requirements.
MRO
MRO: Summer Reliability Threats High
The Midwest Reliability Organization said extremely hot temperatures will continue to be an area of concern for its planning coordinators through September.
US Senate
Senate Confirms Easterly as CISA Chief
The Senate unanimously confirmed former Morgan Stanley executive Jen Easterly as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
California State Assembly
Ransomware Becoming Part of Business, Panelists Warn
U.S. companies may have to learn to live with ransomware attacks — even if that means paying ransom, speakers told California lawmakers.

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